By Brad Greer
Having won seven out of the last eight games, the North Delta softball squad looked to keep their momentum going into tomorrow’s North AA State Tournament at Trussell Park as they ended the regular season on an impressive note with a 14-0 rout of Kirk Monday night.

Prior to the game, the Lady Green Wave honored seniors Maribeth Johns and Anna Lloyd before disposing of the Raiders in three innings. Caroline Dickins recorded the pitching victory by striking out seven of  nine batters she faced including the last six in a row.

North Delta (14-8-1; 6-3) finished runner-up to district champion Bayou and will face the District 3 runner-up at 12:45 Saturday with the semi-finals and finals to be concluded Monday. The top four teams will advance to the State AA tournament next Saturday in Brandon.

The Lady Waves wasted little time getting on the scoreboard by scoring four runs in the bottom of the first on four walks and a single by Lloyd. North Delta put the game away in the follow inning with seven runs despite no hits. North Delta ended the game with four runs in the third on four walks, one error and a single by Dickins.

Lloyd, Dickins, Myles Durham, Haley Lamm, Janie Brassell, Johns and Sarah Johnson all scored two runs for the Lady Waves. Madiline Ray, Ginger Stevens, Johnson and Lloyd drove in a run while Dickins supplied two runs driven in.